Jules Loeb (October 3, 1917 – September 15, 2008) was a business owner and politician in

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. He served as mayor of South Hull from 1961 to 1963. The son of Moses Loeb, a

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n immigrant, he was born and raised in

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. He studied at the Ottawa High School of Commerce and at an agricultural college in

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, at that time administered by the British. Loeb served in the

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during

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. He speculated in real estate and built the Embassy Hotel in Ottawa and the Park Lane hotel (later a

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hotel). Loeb also operated a small chain of department stores in the area. He served as a principal for the Loeb IGA grocery chain in Canada. Loeb was an important collector of Canadian art. In 1970, the National Gallery of Canada organized a tour across Canada of selected art from the Loeb collection. He was married to Fay Zelikovitz. Loeb died in

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at the age of 90. His former home, Château Monsarrat, is considered to be a heritage building.

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1917 births 2008 deaths Mayors of places in Quebec Canadian grocers Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II {{Quebec-mayor-stub